Vocabulary #1
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Potential energy related to object’s height
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What is gravitational potential energy?
Any substance that can’t be broken down into simpler substances
What is an element?
Ability to do work or cause change
What is energy?
Law; charges can’t be created or destroyed
What is the law of conservation of charge?
Transfer of electrons from 1 object to another by direct contact
What is conduction?
Heat transfer that occurs only in fluids & air
What is convection?
Shape of DNA molecule
What is a double helix?
Large organic molecules made of carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, & sometimes sulfur
What are proteins?
Loss of static electricity as electric charges transfer from 1 object to another
What is static discharge?
Group of proteins that speed up chemical reactions in living things
What are enzymes?
Compounds made mostly of carbon , hydrogen, & oxygen
What are lipids?
Very long organic molecules
What are nucleic acids?
Form when 2 or more elements combine chemically
What are compounds?
Heat transfer by electromagnetic waves (through empty space)
What is radiation?
Flow of heated & cooled air in circular motion
What is a convection current?
Electrons react to electric fields > individual atoms with charged ends attracted to charged objects
What is polarization?
Force between charged objects
What is electric force?
Buildup of charges on object
What is static electricity?
Genetic material that carries information about organism & passed from parent to offspring
What is DNA?
Heat transfer from 1 particle of matter to another within object or between 2 objects
What is conduction?
Energy that results from the position or shape of an object
What is potential energy?
Region around charged object where object’s electric force is exerted on other charged objects
What is an electric field?
Energy object has due to motion
What is kinetic energy?
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Energy-rich organic compounds made of carbon, hydrogen, & oxygen
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What are carbohydrates?
Electrons can react to electric field of charged object without touching object
What is induction?